Frank mumford seaes



(No Model.) 1

F. M. SEARS.

LADYS CUFF SUPPORTER.

N0 353,166. Patented Nov. 23, 1886.

WITNESSES IJV VEJV' TOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MUMFORD SEARS, OF EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TOGEORGE WV. HAIGHT, JR, AND ALLEN YERRIOK, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

LADYS CUFF-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,166, dated November23, 1886.

Application filed May 17, 1886. Serial No. 202,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MUMFORD SEARS,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of.

East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and 5 State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies GuffSupporters;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cuffisupporter.Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the supporter or holder in position,and Fig. 3 is an edge view ofthe device.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to cuff holders or supporters, and moreespecially to cuff-holdcrs for ladies use; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of acuff-holder having abutton at one end, or stud which may be buttoned into a button-hole ofthe cuff, while the other end of the device is provided with a pin orpointed hook which may be secured in the inside of the sleeve, ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates a flat bar having anoutward bulge,

B, at its middle, and one end, C, of this baris bulged out and has theinner end of a pin, D, secured to it, the said inner end of the pinbeing bent and curved inward, so that the point of the pin will bearagainst the central bulge of the bar. The other end of the flat bar isprovided with a button or stud, E, which may be of any suitableconstruction.

It will be seen that the button may be buttoned into a suitablebuttonhole in the cuff, and the pin may be hooked into the lining orinner side of the sleeve of the wearers dress, I

so that the cuff will be sup ported from within the sleeve. Ihe end ofthe pin will bear against the bulged portion of the bar, preventing thepin from working upward in the fabric after having been secured,and thebulged end,to

which the bent inner end of the pin is secured, U

portion of the fabric held by the pin between the bent inner end of thesame and the bulged central portion of the flat bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- A cnffholder consisting of a flatbar having its middle bulged outward,and having one end bulged outward,a pin secured with its inner bent end to the face of the bulgedportion,and having its free end projecting against the bulged centralportion of the fiat bar, and a button or stud projecting from the faceof the other end of the bar, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK MUMFORD SEA as.

Witnesses:

Boer. HALL, CHAS. A. Woor.

